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The Star (2/12/08): Umno Youth chief candidate Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir’s suggestion that the vernacular school system contributed to racial polarisation and should be scrapped has raged into a full-blown controversy.

Some leaders have urged action against him, saying that he had committed sedition, while Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak moved quickly to assure minorities of their constitutional rights.

Vernacular schools will continue to exist as long as the Chinese and Indian communities need such a school system, Najib said.

He said it had been a long-standing government policy to allow Malaysians to choose the school system they want to adopt and enrol into, MAZWIN NIK ANIS reports.

Najib said vernacular or national type schools have been part of the country’s education system and their existence was recognised even in law.

“For as long as the Indian and Chinese communities need to have vernacular schools, they will continue to be a part of the national education system.

“It has been the principle of the Government to give all individuals the freedom to adopt a school or education system of their choice.

“That is also the basis of the Razak Report and there is no deadline for the existence of vernacular schools in Malaysia,” he told reporters after chairing the National Council for Local Government’s 61st meeting on Tuesday.

On Mukhsiz’s claims that the vernacular school system had caused polarisation within Malaysian society, Najib said the allegation was debatable.

“The Chinese and Indians in this country are of the opinion that such schools are important to them. It is a place for them to instil certain values among their young.

“For instance, not everyone in the Chinese society are of the same faith and they feel having a vernacular school will act as a platform to instil useful and positive values among community members,” he said.

’Seditious statement’
Mukhriz’s call for vernacular schools to be scrapped saw an immediate and strong reaction by political leaders.

In Parliament, Opposition parties hit out at the son of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for blaming the vernacular school system as the cause of a polarised society.

DAP Parliamentary Leader and Ipoh Timor MP Lim Kit Siang claimed that Mukhriz had committed a seditious offence in questioning one of the four sensitive issues entrenched in the Constitution and said he can be disqualified as an MP upon conviction.

“The Constitution Amendment 1971 imposed an absolute prohibition against questioning these four issues and removed parliamentary immunity in parliamentary debates,” he said at the Parliament lobby, reports LOH FOON FONG.

The Sedition Act does not allow anyone to propose the closure of Chinese or Tamil primary schools, just as one cannot question the special provision for Malays and natives in Sabah and Sarawak in Article 153, Lim said.

“If Mukhriz wants to publicly pursue his proposal of a single education system resulting in the closure of the schools, he must get the Constitutional provision on the four entrenched sensitive issues amended and repealed,” he said.

He said that in the case Melan Abdullah vs Public Prosecutor (1971), Utusan Malaysia was found guilty of sedition for an editorial titled Hapuskan Sekolah Beraliran Tamil atau China di-Negeri ini (Abolish Tamil and Chinese medium schools in the country).

In the case of Mark Koding vs Public Prosecutor, the Sabah MP was found guilty of sedition when he spoke in Parliament in 1978 calling for the closure of such schools.

On whether DAP would lodge a police report against Mukhriz, he said “no.”

Lim said that racial polarisation was not being caused by vernacular schools but by “divisive national policies.”

His son Lim Guan Eng however called on Mukhriz to retract his statement, warning that otherwise the Government must take action against him, just as action was taken against Koding.

“We hope he will retract this sensitive statement as soon as possible,” said the Penang Chief Minister, adding that it was not right for Mukhriz to fish for votes to win the Umno Youth chief post.

Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said racial polarisation was not due to vernacular schools, but said there was a need to upgrade education for all races.

He said the Selangor state government had allocated RM10mil to vernacular and religious schools.

PAS deputy president Nasaruddin Mat Isa said it was the right of each race to be educated in their mother tongue, which in itself is a culture that needs to be protected.

PKR adviser and Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Mukhriz wanted to appeal to extreme Malay views to win the Umno election, but failed to realise that there were certain Constitutional guarantees for vernacular schools.

“While it was all right to call for all races to study under one roof, abolishing the schools sounds like returning to the age of extremism,” he said.

“We have to respect the rights of parents to send their children to schools of their choice,” Anwar added.

Mukhriz responds
In reply, Mukhriz said he would not retract his statement because he did not call for vernacular schools to be closed down.

“I said the system should be one. I don’t think the issue of closing schools arises. That is the last thing I want,” he said.

The school remains the same physically and it is the system that needs changing -- the medium of instruction should eventually be Bahasa Malaysia, except for Science and Mathematics, he said, adding that this would include religious schools.

’A-G should take action’
The MIC also urged the Attorney-General to institute action against Mukhriz for his allegedly seditious words, reports A. LETCHUMANAN.

Like DAP’s Lim, MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu claimed that Mukhriz had violated provisions in the Federal Constitution which protected the position and rights of vernacular schools.

“He has issued a seditious statement and we want the Attorney-General to take appropriate action against him,” Samy Vellu said in a statement here on Tuesday, accusing Mukhriz of raising “sensitive issues” to canvass for votes in the upcoming UMNO Youth elections.

“He can contest the UMNO Youth chief post but he should not point a dagger at the hearts of the other communities to win the post,” he said, adding that the MIC had never questioned the rights of the Malays as enshrined in the Constitution.

MIC Youth coordinator T. Mohan urged Mukhriz to go to the ground and visit Tamil and Chinese schools to understand the real situation.

“It is easy for one to issue statements to become popular but it should not be at the expense of the feelings of the other communities,” he said.

Mohan said that it has been the practice of some politicians to use sensitive issues to garner cheap publicity in their bid to be seen as champions in their parties.

These politicians, including Mukhriz, should understand that the MIC and MCA -- which represent Indian and Chinese interests respectively -- would not remain quiet on this, he said.

He said Barisan Nasional should come out with proper guidelines to prevent leaders contesting in party elections from using controversial issues to gather support.

Meanwhile MIC Youth advisor S. Vell Paari, Samy Vellu’s son, described Mukhriz’s statement as “irresponsible.”

“This is a totally irresponsible view of a leader who aspires to the highest position in UMNO Youth, the largest Youth component in Barisan Nasional,” he said.

He said Mukhriz did not understand the significance of vernacular schools to their respective communities, adding that children not only learn to read, write and speak their language, but also learn the cultures, traditions and the heritages of their race. (Comments here)

Police report lodged
In George Town, Penang DAP lodged a police report against Mukhriz, reports BERNARD SEE.

Paya Terubong assemblyman Yeoh Soon Hin made the report at the Patani Road police station on behalf of the party.

“He is calling for all Chinese and Tamil schools in the country to be closed and this will be inadvertently affect the racial harmony which we have been enjoying for so long.

“I hope that the police will take the appropriate action against him,” he said.

A police spokesman confirmed receiving the report and said it would be sent to the Kuala Lumpur police for further investigations.

In Ipoh, Perak State Assembly speaker V. Sivakumar said the issue of unity had nothing to do with the system practised at schools.

Citing national schools as an example, Sivakumar said children of the three races were studying there but pupils would still stick to their own races during games or recess, SYLVIA LOOI reports.

“Putting pupils of different races in the same room will not enhance unity,” he added, adding that if the Education Ministry was serious about promoting it, there should be a subject on unity in the curriculum.

Blame the political system
In Kota Kinabalu, the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) objected strongly to Mukhriz’s suggestion.

SAPP Youth chief Edward Dagul said Mukhriz should be honest and admit that the real problem lies with politicians in the current communal-based political party system found within Barisan Nasional coalition.

Dagul said that Barisan’s racial ideologies meant that Umno championed only Malay causes, with MCA for the Chinese community and MIC for the Indians, MUGUNTAN VANAR reports.

“When our society sees this as the ruling coalition’s formula for national integration, then this concept of compartmentalisation is accepted and adopted as the norm.

“That’s why no one will speak up for another Malaysian if he is not of the same race. The idea that it is ‘better left to someone of their own kind’ will seep in. This results in further polarisation,” he said.

He said SAPP was disappointed that Mukhriz has decided to adopt this stand as it was nothing more than an exercise in garnering more support in his bid for the Umno Youth chief post.

Dagul said Mukhriz should instead talk more of Bangsa Malaysia and Wawasan 2020 (Vision 2020) as advocated by his father Mahathir, instead of harping on racially sensitive issues.

“The country’s success lies with its cultural diversity and the mutual respect shown for one another,” he added.

Mukhriz: One school system will enhance unity

The Star (2/11/08): Umno Youth chief aspirant Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir has called on the Government to abolish the vernacular school system to enhance unity among the people.

He said a single school system was the only way to check racial polarisation.

“The Government should consider introducing only a one school system with Bahasa Malaysia as the medium of instruction, except for the teaching of Science and Mathematics, which is already in English,” Mukhriz told reporters at Parliament House yesterday.

“Of course, pupils should then be given the option to study their mother tongue. Under this system, the Malays will also have the option of studying other languages like Chinese and Tamil, and this will further boost unity among the races,” the Umno Youth exco member added.

In an immediate response in his blog (www.ongteekeat.net), MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat made a very short posting on the subject.

“Datuk Mukhriz is just one of the many who are now repeating the same polemics that are a few decades old, simply because of the advent of their party’s poll.

“It is saddening because politicians cannot think out of the box,” he said.

Earlier, Mukhriz said it was time Malaysia did away with the dual school system, which was practised by only a handful of countries in the world.

He expressed hope that the leaders of Barisan Nasional component parties would not view his suggestion in a negative light as it was meant to resolve once and for all the problem of racial polarisation.

“If they reject this suggestion, then they should explain why they are against it,” he said. “If you want equal rights then you cannot have a different school system. You cannot have your cake and eat it too,” said Mukhriz.

He also urged all parties to stop harping on issues that could create tension among Barisan component parties, including talk of Malay supremacy.

He said there had been many statements made by leaders of component parties that had the potential to create anger among the Malays and Umno members.

“If they insist on making such statements, then do not be surprised if the Malays start talking about the economic supremacy of the non-Malays,” he added.

“Despite all that has been said on the issue of Malay supremacy, the Malays do not feel in any way superior or that they are the masters when it comes to the country’s economy.”

Terima kasih Tuan Pengerusi. Saya berdiri bagi menyatakan sokongan saya kepada usul yang telah dibawa. [Dewan riuh] Yang ini masalah wakil rakyat Barisan Nasional ini, dia tidak dengar lagi, dia sudah buat satu rumusan. Nanti, apabila saya hendak bagi alasan saya, saya ada alasan lagi ini. Bukan pasal isu ini sahaja, saya ada lagi besar alasan yang merentasi permasalahan yang disebutkan tadi. Dia bukan soal kepentingan politik pun. Saya insya-Allah akan bercakap dalam kerangka negara kita, kepentingan semua kaum dalam negara ini. So, dengar dahulu kemudian komentar, terima kasih.

Sebelum itu, saya hendak bagi sedikit introduction. RM10 ini memang tidak ada makna apa-apa pun tetapi sebagai mana yang disebut, dia ini serve as a lesson. Satu peringatan. Gaji berpuluh ribu tolak RM10 ada apa? Macam saya di sekolah dulu dalam kelas bahasa Inggeris kalau siapa cakap Melayu, potong 5 sen, lima duit. Apa ada lima duit? Tak ada apa, tapi dia bagi saya kesedaran. Jadi saya harap Yang Berhormat Menteri dan timbalannya pun ada sini. Ambil dalam spirit itulah. Jangan kira sangat dalam anggaran RM10 itu. Baik, alasan saya. Yang Berhormat Sri Gading, tolong dengar elok-elok.

Nombor satu, yang akan saya bagi alasan untuk menyokong usul ini ialah satu permasalahan yang telah menyebabkan huruhara di dalam pendidikan di dalam negara kita ini. Ini bukan soal Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaankah, sekolah agama rakyat walaupun itu ada masalah iaitu permasalahan yang disebut hari ini sebagai PPSMI (Pengajaran, Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris). Saya rasa ini bukan politik ya. Ini bahasa yang kita bercakap tentang keperluan kita memartabatkan bahasa kebangsaan dan sebagainya. Sebab itu saya mintalah wakil rakyat-wakil rakyat UMNO khususnya jangan double standard lah bila Pulau Pinang buat multilingual road sign dia marah, kerana tidak memartabatkan bahasa kebangsaan.

Saya minta kementerian... (Dato' Haji Tajuddin Abdul Rahman [Pasir Salak] minta laluan) Nanti sekejap Yang Berhormat Pasir Salak. Nanti kita jumpa enam hari bulan. (Dato' Haji Tajuddin Abdul Rahman [Pasir Salak] berkata: Hari ini jumpa dulu. sebelum enam hari bulan). Kementerian ini dia buat PPSMI tidak ada pun wakil rakyat UMNO yang membantah. Jadi saya kira ... (Dato' Haji Tajuddin Abdul Rahman [Pasir Salak]: Bagilah laluan) Saya belum masuk lagi, saya baru nak start engine, baru gear satu ini. Alasan cukup besar kerana sejak diperkenalkan pada tahun 2003, memperkenalkan PPSMI ini terlalu dalam keadaan tergesa-gesa.

Tanpa kajian yang mendalam, tanpa kajian yang menyeluruh mengakibatkan huru-hara dalam sistem pendidikan kita. Bahkan saya tidak mahu bercakap atas kepentingan politik, tapi saya bercakap dalam konteks roh perlembagaan itu sendiri yang menyatakan bahasa Malaysia adalah bahasa kebangsaan dan di dalam pendidikan kita nak ajar Sains dan Matematik. Apa kurangnya bahasa Malaysia kalau diajar dalam Sains dan Matematik, sebab Yang Berhormat Timbalan Menteri ada di sini, saya nak petik kata-kata Yang Berhormat Timbalan Menteri dalam... Yang Berhormat Timbalan Menteri ingatkah tidak Tuan Pengerusi. Ucapan Penangguhan Yang Berhormat Dato’ Razali bin Ismail.

Saya rasa Timbalan Menteri bukan? Kuala Terengganu pada 21 Jun 2007, membahaskan Kementerian Pelajaran. Apa dia kata? Saya ambil nombor empat. Ini bukan politik ya, ini bukan politik. “Penggunaan bahasa Inggeris yang begitu berleluasa di sektor swasta seolah-olah mencabar status bahasa kebangsaan”. Kerajaan, dengar ini. “Perlu mengekalkan komitmen politik untuk terus mendukung penggunaan bahasa Melayu dalam domain pendidikan dan urusan rasmi kerajaan”. Ini Yang Berhormat Timbalan Menteri punya kenyataan, bukan saya punya kenyataan. (Tuan Pengerusi [Datuk Ronald Kiandee] mencelah: Masa dia di back-bencher kot itu.)

Jadi Yang Berhormat-Yang Berhormat sekalian daripada UMNO baik daripada semua. Saya melihat pihak akademik telah membuat kajian yang mendalam tentang ini, bukan mereka duduk diam. Mereka buat kajian. Tahun 2003, apabila diperkenalkan. Satu kajian dibuat. Tahun 2004 kemudian disertai dan yang terkini tahun 2008 oleh UPSI. UPSI ini memang satu tempat pendidikan. Dia buat kajian yang kita dapati dalam New Straits Times pada 7 September, Studies Reveals Policies Flop, Kajian Menunjukkan Kegagalan PPSMI. Adakah ini soal politik? Ini bukan ahli PAS yang bercakap ataupun daripada mana-mana Pakatan Rakyat.

(Dato' Haji Tajuddin Abdul Rahman [Pasir Salak] menambah: Kajian itu berapa orang sangat dia interview.) Nantilah sekejap. Saya nak bagi tahu di sini Yang Berhormat Pasir Salak. Sampel dia melibatkan bilangan yang ramai. (Dato' Haji Tajuddin Abdul Rahman [Pasir Salak]: Bilangan berapa orang?) Ha ini masalah wakil rakyat yang tak mengaji, inilah masalah. Dia cakap ikut emosi. Kita cakap ikut fakta, kita cakap ikut statistik. (Dato' Haji Tajuddin Abdul Rahman [Pasir Salak]: Dia tidak menari macam bapak you. Tuan Pengerusi [Datuk Ronald Kiandee]: Dia tak bagi jalan Yang Berhormat.)

Dia bercakap ikut emosi memang sedaplah cakap. Kita cakap ikut fakta. (Tuan Pengerusi [Datuk Ronald Kiandee] : Teruskan Yang Berhormat, teruskan ya.) Baik. Saya nak bagi tahu juga semua ini seolah-olah Kementerian Pendidikan ini Orang Putih kata like talking to the walls, dengan izin. Kalau dalam bahasa Quran dengan izin, (Membacakan sepotong ayat suci Al-Quran). . Tak ada telinga, tak ada mata, tak ada hati, tak faham-faham. [Ketawa] Walaupun kajian demi kajian, seminar demi seminar, jumpa Raja, bagi tahu tak boleh. Ini gagal, tokoh-tokoh bahasa, Profesor Nik Safiah, Profesor Awang Sarian, Profesor Emeritus lagi, Datuk Ishak Haron.

Semua menyatakan kementerian perlu kembali kepada ajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa kebangsaan. Ini bukan ahli politik bercakap, saya hanya memanjangkan saja suara mereka. Apa salahnya dengan political will yang saya pinjam daripada perkataan Yang Berhormat Timbalan Menteri pada tahun 2007 itu. Kita sama-sama di atas kerangka memartabatkan bahasa kebangsaan, kita minta supaya batalkan PPSMI, ajar balik dalam bahasa kebangsaan. Ini tanggungjawab semua orang termasuklah Yang Berhormat Pasir Salak. (Dato' Haji Tajuddin Abdul Rahman [Pasir Salak]: Minta laluan. Sekarang boleh? Dah masuk dah.)

Lagi satu,.. (Dato' Haji Tajuddin Abdul Rahman [Pasir Salak]: Oh, tak masuk lagi? Tuan Pengerusi [Datuk Ronald Kiandee]: Dia tak bagi Yang Berhormat, tak bagi. Dato' Haji Tajuddin Abdul Rahman [Pasir Salak]: Dia tak masuk lagi? Dah lama tak masuk-masuk. Main tepi saja.) Yang Berhormat Pasir Salak sabarlah. (Dato' Haji Tajuddin Abdul Rahman [Pasir Salak]: Bila nak keluar lagi air dia?)

Enam hari bulan kita jumpa di Parit Buntar nanti. Jadi, Tuan Pengerusi tolong ambil nota bahawa kita tidak menentang bahasa Inggeris. Sama sekali tidak timbul isu ini. Semua ahli akademik memberi cadangan bahawa cara untuk anak murid, pelajar kompeten dalam bahasa Inggeris ini bagi mereka menyediakan diri dalam alam global yang serba mencabar ini bukan dengan mengajar Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris, tetapi memperkukuhkan mata pelajaran bahasa Inggeris itu sendiri supaya dia dapat memberi kesan kepada pelajar-pelajar.

Jadi saya kira apa yang saya bagi alasan sebagai menyokong usul daripada Yang Berhormat Serdang tadi, bukan kepentingan politik, bukan kepentingan peribadi, bukan kerana nak nama tapi dia merupakan kerangka nasional yang harus kita martabatkan dan Kementerian Pendidikan sebagai the forefront, dengan izin, orang yang duduk di depan membawa semua ini tiba-tiba dia tidak memartabatkan bahasa kebangsaan. Ini saya kata sekolah Tamil menjadi mangsa, sekolah-sekolah kebangsaan menjadi mangsa dan kalau boleh saya tunjuk dekat Yang Berhormat Pasir Salak, itu pun kalau dia nak bacalah.

(Tuan Pengerusi [Datuk Ronald Kiandee]: Yang Berhormat tak payah provoke Yang Berhormat Pasir Salak, Yang Berhormat. Dato' Haji Tajuddin Abdul Rahman [Pasir Salak]: Tunjuklah.) Pasal apa saya kata, sekolah di luar bandar, Ishak has called the policy dengan izin, a failure particularly in terms of its impact on the Malay students in national school and he’s asking for a return to the teaching of Mathematic and Science in Bahasa Malaysia. Ini bukan Yang Berhormat Parit Buntar kata, ini Profesor Emeritus Datuk Ishak Haron.

Ini bukan kepentingan politik tapi kepentingan negara kita. Mengapa seluruh kampung, satu negara... (Dato' Haji Tajuddin Abdul Rahman [Pasir Salak]: Tengoklah profesor apa.) ...menentang PPSMI, menentang semua ini tiba-tiba Kementerian Pelajaran pekak, buta, tuli masih melaksanakan ini dan saya cabar wakil rakyat-wakil rakyat UMNO yang memperjuangkan agenda kebangsaan, agenda Melayu untuk sama-sama sokong ini dalam memartabatkan bahasa Malaysia sebagai bahasa kebangsaan. (Tuan Pengerusi [Datuk Ronald Kiandee]: Habiskan Yang Berhormat.)

Jadi, saya kira perkara ini perlu diambil perhatian oleh Yang Berhormat Menteri. Apa salahnya kalau ada political will. (Tuan Saifuddin Nasution bin Ismail [Machang]: Minta laluan. Satu ayat saja Yang Berhormat Parit Buntar. Saya ingat cabaran kepada UMNO itu Yang Berhormat Batu Pahat harus dikeluarkan sebab secara rekod, Yang Berhormat Batu Pahat ambil bahagian dalam perbahasan Perhimpunan Agung UMNO beberapa tahun lepas mewakili Perhubungan UMNO Johor, dia memang menentang penggunaan Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris.

(Datuk Haji Mohamad bin Haji Aziz [Sri Gading]: Ya, termasuk Yang Berhormat Sri Gading.) Yang Berhormat Pasir Salak saya tak tahu. (Tuan Saifuddin Nasution bin Ismail [Machang] menambah: Ha termasuk Yang Berhormat Sri Gading, tak termasuk Yang Berhormat Pasir Salak. Datuk Haji Mohamad bin Haji Aziz [Sri Gading]: Betul, betul.) Oh, patutlah dia tak sokong saya. (Tuan Pengerusi [Datuk Ronald Kiandee]: Habiskan Yang Berhormat, habiskan ya.) Ya. Satu lagi saya nak minta bagi profesion perguruan. Saya mewakili profesion perguruan yang datang mengadu hal kepada kita untuk dibawa ke dalam Parlimen dan saya menyokong ini iaitu soal PTK, Peperiksaan Tahap Kecekapan ini.

Para guru menghadapi masalah. PTK ini adalah satu peperiksaan bagi kenaikan pangkat dan sebagainya. Now, mereka terpaksa duduk peperiksaan PTK tetapi guru-guru yang sudah lama bertugas ini mereka selalu gagal untuk lulus dalam PTK ini. Akhirnya orang yang muda baru masuk, mereka cepat naik. Sedangkan orang yang lama, guru-guru yang sudah lama ini kerana kegagalan mereka untuk lulus PTK, mereka masih berada ditakuk yang lama. Jadi saya kira ini juga sudah pun disuarakan oleh banyak pihak tetapi tidak mendapat perhatian. Saya mengirakan bahawa ini satu perkara yang membebankan guru-guru.

Guru-guru, mereka sudah ada penaziran, pemantauan, penilaian daripada ketua jabatan, daripada nazir, mengapa mereka harus dinilai naik pangkat kena ikut PTK dan ini membebankan para guru. Jadi saya bercakap bagi pihak guru, jangan lupa kita duduk bercerita bab negara, orang-orang yang korporat, tetapi jangan lupa tanpa guru, kita tidak akan ada di sini. Oleh itu kita harus memperjuangkan hak-hak mereka supaya tidak menimbulkan beban kepada mereka dan di atas sebab itu saya minta atas usul yang dicadangkan oleh Yang Berhormat Serdang, saya menyokongnya dengan alasan-alasan yang telah saya berikan tadi. Sekian terima kasih.

Berita Harian (27/11/08): Usul memotong gaji Menteri Pelajaran, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein sebanyak RM10 yang dikemukakan Teo Nie Ching (DAP-Serdang) ditolak dalam persidangan Dewan Rakyat semalam.

Teo dalam usulnya meminta gaji Menteri Pelajaran dipotong kerana didakwa gagal memenuhi janji kementeriannya membina enam Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC).

Timbalan Yang Dipertua Dewan Rakyat, Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar mengumumkan keputusan terhadap usul mengikut Peraturan Mesyuarat 66 (9) itu selepas sebahagian besar Ahli Parlimen mengundi secara bersuara menolak usul itu.

Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran, Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong, ketika menggulung usul itu berhujah kerajaan memandang serius isu itu dan sedang menjalankan usaha berperingkat mengikut lunas undang-undang bagi membolehkan pelaksanaannya disegerakan.

"Memang benar pada 30 Januari lalu, kita ada mengumumkan akan bina sekolah SJKC, antaranya di Bukit Serdang, Serdang, Sungai Long, Kajang serta Emerald, Rawang.

"Pada peringkat ini kita sedang mengambil tindakan susulan selepas perkara itu mendapat sokongan dan komitmen penuh kerajaan kerana proses membina sebuah sekolah bukan senang kerana ia membabitkan soal tapak yang sesuai yang membabitkan urusan pengambilan tanah," katanya.

Sementara itu, Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (BN-Pasir Salak) sekali lagi menimbulkan kekecohan apabila menggunakan perkataan 'keling' yang dituju kepada M Kulasegaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat) apabila berlaku pertikaman lidah antara kedua-duanya.

Berikutan itu, Mohamad Azmin Ali (PKR-Gombak) meminta Timbalan Yang Dipertua Dewan Rakyat, mengarahkan Tajuddin menarik balik perkataan itu dan tindakan diambil terhadapnya.

"Setiap kali berkelakuan begitu, beliau akan terlepas daripada tindakan. Untuk kali ini saya sekali lagi meminta Dewan tidak lagi melepaskannya daripada sebarang tindakan," kata Mohamad Azmin.

Bagaimanapun, Tajuddin tidak berpuas hati dengan permohonan Mohamad Azmin kerana mendakwa pembangkang juga bersikap tidak baik tetapi Ronal memberitahunya tiada tindakan diambil terhadap pembangkang kerana mereka tidak menggunakan perkataan kesat atau tidak sepatutnya.

Datuk Mohamad Aziz (BN-Sri Gading) turut menasihati Tajuddin menarik balik perkataan itu dan beliau mematuhinya, tetapi beliau sekali lagi menimbulkan kekecohan apabila menggunakan perkataan 'biul' terhadap Mohamad Azmin.

Selepas didesak menarik balik perkataan itu, Tajuddin berkata “Gombak (Mohamad Azmin) orang yang baik, berbudi bahasa... saya tarik balik”.